The IEEE Nikola Tesla Award is a Technical Field Award given annually to an individual or team that has made an outstanding contribution to the generation or utilization of

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. It is awarded by the Board of Directors of the

IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) organization, 501(c)(3) public charity professional organization for electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and other related disciplines. The IEEE ...

. The award is named in honor of

Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla (;"Tesla"
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. This award may be presented to an individual or a team. The award was established in 1975, and its first recipient was Leon T. Rosenberg, who was given the award in 1976 "for his half-century of development and design of large steam turbine driven generators and his important contributions to literature." The actual award is a plaque and honorarium.

Recipients

Source * 2024 - Aldo Boglieltti, Professor, Department of Energy,

Politecnico di Torino The Polytechnic University of Turin (, abbreviated as PoliTO) is the oldest Italian public technical university. The university offers several courses in the fields of Engineering, Architecture, Urban Planning and Industrial Design, and is consi ...

, Torino, Italy *: ''For contributions to the magnetic and thermal modeling, design, and characterization of electrical machines.'' * 2023 - Kiruba S. Haran, Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA *: ''For contributions to advanced high-power density electrical machinery and high-temperature, super-conducting technology applications'' * 2022 - Peter W. Sauer, Grainger Chair Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA *: ''For contributions to dynamic modeling and simulation of synchronous generators and for leadership in power engineering education.'' * 2021 - Zi-Qiang Zhu, Professor, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering,

University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University or TUOS) is a public university, public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its history traces back to the foundation of Sheffield Medical School in 1828, Fir ...

, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom *: ''For contributions to the design, modeling, control, and application of ac permanent magnet machines and drives.'' * 2020 - Akira Chiba, Professor,

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, Tokyo Japan *: ''For contributions to bearingless and reluctance motors.'' * 2019 - Tomy Sebastian, Director; Motor Drive Systems, Halla Mechatronics, Bay City, Michigan, United States *: ''For contributions to the design and application of high-performance permanent magnet synchronous machines to electric power steering'' * 2018 - Longya Xu, Professor, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA *: ''For contributions to design and control of efficient electric machines for wind power generation and electrified vehicles.'' * 2017 - Adel Razek, Senior Research Director (Emeritus) and Professor (Honorary), The National Center for Scientific Research

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and CentraleSupelec, Gif Sur Yvette, France *: ''For contributions to coupled multiphysics modeling and design of electromagnetic systems.'' * 2016 - Bruno Lequesne, President, E-Motors Consulting, LLC, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, USA *: ''For contributions to the design and analysis of actuators, sensors, and motors for automotive applications.'' * 2015 - Ion Gheorghe Boldea, Professor Emeritus,

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, Timișoara, Romania *: ''For contributions to the design and control of rotating and linear electric machines for industry applications.'' * 2014 - Hamid A. Toliyat,

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) *: ''For contributions to the design, analysis, and control of fault-tolerant multiphase electric machines.'' * 2013 - Norio Takahashi (scientist), Norio Takahashi,

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( Okayama, Japan) *: ''For contributions to finite element modeling, analysis, and optimal design tools of electrical machines.'' * 2012 - Manoj R. Shah,

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) *: ''For advancements in electromagnetic design and analysis of electrical machines.'' * 2011 - Nady Boules,

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) *: ''For contributions to the design, analysis and optimization of permanent magnet machines and for advancing their utilization in the automotive industry.'' * 2010 - Paul C. Krause,

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) *: ''For outstanding contributions to the analysis of electric machinery using reference frame theory.'' * 2009 - Donald Wayne Novotny,

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) *: ''For pioneering contributions to the analysis and understanding of ac machine dynamic behavior and performance in adjustable-speed drives.'' * 2008 - Timothy J. E. Miller,

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) *: ''For outstanding contributions to the advancement of computer-based design and analysis of electric machines and their industrial dissemination.'' * 2007 - Thomas W. Nehl, Delphi Research Labs (

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) *: ''For pioneering contributions to the simulation and design of electromechanical drives and actuators for automotive applications.'' * 2006 - Konrad Reichert, ETH Zentrum (

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) *: ''For contributions to the development of numerical methods and computer analysis and simulation of electrical machines and devices.'' * 2005 - Thomas M. Jahns, Grainger Professor of Power Electronics and Electrical Machines

*: ''For pioneering contributions to the design and application of AC permanent magnet machines.'' * 2004 - Sheppard Joel Salon, Professor, Electrical, Computers, and Systems Engineering Department,

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*: ''For pioneering and outstanding contributions to transient finite element computation of electric machines coupled to electronic circuits; and to electro-mechanical devices.'' * 2003 - Austin H. Bonnett, Retired-Vice President Technology Emeritus, Emerson Electric, Elec Apparatus Service Association (EASA), Natitional Electric Manufacturers Association (NEMA),

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(EPRI), and

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and Affiliates (DOE) *: ''For leadership in the development and application of design standards, maintenance technology, and operating practices to optimize induction motor performance.'' * 2002 - James L Kirtley Jr, Professor, Electrical Engineering,

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*: ''For contributions to the theoretical analysis, design, and construction of high performance rotating electric machinery, including superconducting turbogenerators.'' * 2001 - Steve Williamson,

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*: ''For the development of advanced mathematical models and computational tools for induction machine design.'' * 2000 - Syed Abu Nasar,

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*: ''For leadership in the research, development and design of linear and rotating machines, and contributions to electrical engineering education.'' * 1999 - Nabeel Aly Omar Demerdash, Professor and Past Chairman of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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*: ''For pioneering contributions to electric machine and drive system design using coupled finite-element and electrical network models.'' * 1998 - Paul Dandeno,

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*: ''For contribution to modelling and application of synchronous machines, power system controls, and stability analysis.'' * 1997 - Prabhashankar Kundur, Powertech Labs Inc. -

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, Canada *: ''For contribution to modeling and application of synchronous machines, power system controls, and stability analysis.'' * 1996 - John A. Tegopoulos,

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*: ''For pioneering contributions in electrical machine design.'' * 1995 - Thomas A. Lipo,

*: ''For pioneering contributions to the simulation and application of electric machinery in solid-state ac motor drives.'' * 1994 - Carl Flick, Techno-Lexic -

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*: ''For long-term creative contributions and leadership in the design and development of advanced high-speed generators.'' * 1993 - Madabushi V. K. Chari, General Electric Co. - Schenectady,

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*: ''For pioneering contributions to finite element computations of nonlinear electromagnetic fields for design and analysis of electric machinery.'' * 1992 - Thomas Herbert Barton,

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, Canada *: ''For the practical application of the generalized theory of electrical machines to A.C. and D.C. drives.'' * 1991 - Michel E. Poloujadoff, Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris, France *: ''For contributions to the theory of electrical machinery and its application to

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s.'' * 1990 - Gordon R. Slemon,

, Toronto, Ontario, Canada *: ''For application of modeling in electric power equipment and technical leadership in power education.'' * 1989 - Dietrich R. Lambrecht,

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- Ruhr, W. Germany *: ''For leadership and contributions to advances in large turbine generator design, construction, and application.'' * 1988 - Edward I. King,

. - Orlando,

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*: ''For contributions to computer-aided analysis and design of large rotating machinery.'' * 1987 - J. Coleman White,

- Palo Alto, CA *: ''For contributions to the research, development, and design of ac and dc rotating machines.'' * 1986 - Eric R. Laithwaite, The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine - London, England *: ''For contributions to the development and understanding of electric machines and especially of the linear induction motor.'' * 1985 - Eugene C. Whitney,

- Pittsburgh, PA *: ''For outstanding contributions to the development, design, and construction of large rotating electric machinery.'' * 1984 - Herbert H. Woodson,

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*: ''For contributions to power generation technology particularly in superconducting generators and magnetohydrodynamic generators.'' * 1983 - NO AWARD * 1982 - Sakae Yamamura,

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*: ''For contributions to the theory of linear induction motors and the development of magnetic levitation of track vehicles.'' * 1981 - Dean B. Harrington, General Electric Co. - Schenectady,

*: ''For contributions to the design, development and performance analysis of large steam turbine-generators.'' * 1980 - Philip H. Trickey,

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*: ''For advancement in the development and application of Tesla's theories through precise designs of small induction machines.'' * 1979 - John W. Batchelor,

- E. Pittsburgh, PA *: ''For contributions to the design of large turbine driven generators and the development of related international standards.'' * 1978 - Charles H. Holley, General Electric Co. -

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*: ''For contributions to the evolution of turbine generator designs with achievement in performance and reliability.'' * 1977 - Cyril G. Veinott,

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*: ''For his leadership in development and application of small induction motors.'' * 1976 - Leon T. Rosenberg, Allis-Chalmers Pwr. Sys. Inc. - West Allis, WI *: ''For his half-century of development and design of large steam turbine driven generators and his important contributions to literature.''

References

External links

IEEE Nikola Tesla Award page at IEEE

List of recipients of the IEEE Nikola Tesla Award

Recipients

See also

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